Flux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change)

Audio Chapters

00:00 — Alabama Supreme Court says embryos are babies

08:44 — While Alabama thinks killing cells is sinful, it loves the idea of experimental gas executions

14:52 — Republicans have driven out all the sane people, but many apolitical people haven't realized this

22:34 — Mike Lindell loses in court after trying to avoid payout to man who debunked him

Cover photo: Residents of Lee County, Alabama are seen along the roadway as they...

This episode is a very special one because I'm excited to announce that here at Flux, we are adding another podcast to our network, The Electorette, hosted by Jennifer Taylor-Skinner.

To introduce Jennifer to the Flux audience, I wanted to bring her on Theory of Change to talk about her program, and to discuss a big news event, the retirement announcement from Sen. Mitch McConnell, who will be resigning as the Republicans’ leader in the Senate...

The video version of this episode is also available...

Introduction

The automotive industry is in a state of turmoil right now, as a number of manufacturers, particularly Ford, have scaled back the production of both vehicles and battery technology. But nonetheless, all of the companies have said that they will be continuing to move toward an all electric strategy, which makes sense.

But the last part of that response is something you certainly don't hear about in the right wing media coverage of these developments...

The video version of this episode is also available...

Introduction

The 2024 presidential general election is looming large now that Donald Trump has all but vanquished the remaining putative opposition that he faced from people like Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis.

But at this point, many Black Americans are still not very satisfied with President Joe Biden and many Democrats as well, even if they may not like Trump. So here at Theory of Change, we’re doing a mini series on Black Americans and their political views...

Programming Note: “So This Just Happened” is going to go on a brief hiatus after this episode, but we wanted to make it an extra special one so we invited Lisa Curry, Matt’s co-host on “Doomscroll” for a live recording...

Audio Chapters

00:00 — Introduction

00:33 — Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies he thinks aren't paying up

03:25 — Special counsel investigating Biden document retention attacks him as too old

05:07 — Robert Kennedy Jr...

A conversations about lax privacy laws, Americans under surveillance, and PsyOp campaigns with cybersecurity expert, Jackie Singh

Now that the pretense of a Republican presidential primary is nearly at an end, the second general election matchup between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is beginning to take shape.

And while the race features the same candidates as in 2020, the political dynamics are different in several important ways, most prominently that we are no longer in a global pandemic.

One other difference this time around is that each of the candidates’ support base seems to have lost some enthusiasm...